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I VILLIAM V. GEE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

'IMPROVEMENTIIN FILLING-GUIDES FOR LOOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,601, datedSeptember 1, 1874 application filed July 11, 1874.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. GEE, ofPhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Fillingof the same,reference being had to the an nexed drawings making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a side view of my device.Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

This invention has relation to filling-guides for looms, in which ajacquard is used for raising different weft-threads to be carriedthrough the shed, in the process of weaving figured carpets and otherfabrics. In carrying out my invention, I employ the reciprocating fingerand reciprocating hook, such as are used in the machine for whichLetters Patent of the United States were granted to me on the 31st dayof October, 187 l,wherein the strandsof weft are taken from the guidesby means of the finger, and wound about halfway across the shed, thencetaken by the hook and carried completely across the shed and deliveredto a crochetneedle, which makes the knit selvage. My improvementconsists in combining, with each one of the guides through which theWeft passes from'the bobbins, two tension devices, one of which isbrought into action when the wefthas been carried nearly acrossthe-shed, and the other is brought into action during the stretching.

of the weft to draw it tight, whereby a close or solid selvage isproduced, as will be herein after more fully explained.

6 The following is a description of my invenion.

I11 the annexed drawings, A designates the frame of my improved device,which is rigidly but adjustably secured to the inner side of one'of theuprights of the loom-frame. The bed of the frame A is horizontal, and itis constructed with two side checks, at a, and it has rising from itshorizontal part guides b b, between which vertically-vibrating arms B,

carrying perforated weft-clamps c, are free to play. These arms B playfreely on afulcrumrod, 0, which is rigidly secured at its ends to thecheek-plates a' a. It will be seen from the annexed drawings, Fig. 3,that the arms B are guided both in front and in rear of the fulcrum-rod0. Each arm B is provided with a rectangular clamping-finger, c, whichat cerm tain times clamps and produces the tension on the weft, bypressing the latter upon a flat inclined tension-strip, cl, which isrigidly secured by its ends to the front upper edges of the cheeks a a.The rising portion of each tension-clamp or clamping-finger c isperforated to receive through it the weft as it passes between theclamps and tension-strip. Beneath the clamps 0 the arms B are curved sothat they can be raised by means of the lifters 0, connected with andcontrolled by the jacquard.

For the purpose of compactness of arrangement the arms B are cut away infront of their guides b, so that, by means of slots and screws, the saidlifters 6 may be attached to them. D designates a rectangular frame,which is free to vibrate on a transverse rod, E, fixed at its ends tothe two checks at a, and which is raised by means of a helical spring,g, coiled around the said rod E. The front transverse portion of thisframe D is slotted to receive through it the upper portion of thelifters e and afford guides therefor. In rear of each lifter c a spring,S, is rigidly secured by one end to the said front transverse portion offrame D, the free end of which spring will bear on the clamping portionof its arm B when frame D is down and hold the clamp down upon thetension-strip d. When the frame D is up all the arms B are released fromtheir springs S. In rear of the front tension-clamps c is a horizontalperforated bar, G, which is secured to and raised above the cheeks a aof the frame A, and through the perforations in which the weft-yarnspass from the bobbins. To this bar G and parallel to it a tension orpressure bar, H, is pivoted by its bent ends, wh1ch bar by its owngravity presses the weft-yarns upon a ledge, j, formed on the perforatedguide-bar G, and serves as an auxiliary tension device to thetension-clamps 0, and acts uniformly on all of the yarns, so as toproduce even tension on all of them. The tension on ,the yarn as itpasses between the clamps c and cross-strip d can be adjusted accordingto the strength of each yarn by increasing or diminishing the force ofthe different springs S. J design ates a longitudin allv-reciprocatin gbar which is connected by a link to the lay, so as to be actuatedthereby. This bar J has a slot, 7a, through it, the front portion ofwhich is en larged to allow the frame 1) to rise and free all of thearms B from the pressure of the springs S. This bar J slides on aguide-stud, l, fixed to the check a of the frame A, and in front of thisstud lis a pin, Z, which is fixed to the side of frame 1) and receivedinto the slot is of bar J. On top of, and secured rigidly to, theslotted bar J is a cam-plate J, on which bears a stud, 'i, which isfixed to one end of the pressure-bar H. The cam-plate J is soconstructed that when the lay is drawn fully back and the greatestamount of tension is required on the weft to allow the stretch to be putinto it the pressure-bar H is allowed to descend and firmly hold theyarns upon the ledge j, so that they will not slip. When the bar H isdown the clamps 0 will also be down, and thus each yarn will be held attwo points. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The vibrating arms B carrying the perforated clamps c, the guides b,and the tensionstrip 01, in combination with the perforated bar G,having the led ge j, and the hinged pressurebar H, substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination with the vibrating clamps c and the vibrating slottedframe D, carrying the springs S and guiding the lifters e, the bar J,slotted, and actuated substantially as described.

3. In combination with the perforated guidebar G, having thepressure-bar H, the reciprocating bar J provided with the cam-plate J,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses WILLIAM V. GEE. Witnesses:

WM. NEILL, H. DIENELT.

